Hand-rake.



' A. W. BUELL.

HAND RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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I or ST. PAUL, MINNESQTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

HAND-RAKE.

Patented Sept. a, mic.

Application filed June 15, 1912 Serial No. 703,913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT WV. BUELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at St- Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certaininew and usefullmprovements in Hand-Rakes, of

' which the following is a specification.

plan View of the rake; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation; and Fig. dis a detail broken away of part. of the operating mechanlsm of the tooth cleaner.

Referring to the drawings A represents a rake handle carrylng at one end a head 52 forming a support for ordinary rake teeth 0. For" the purpose of cleaning the rake teeth I provide a comb consisting of a stripend of a collar 11 slidable upon the handle.

A coil spring 12 surrounds the handle inter mediate of the collars 8 and 11. Thecollar 11 has link: connection 13 with a hand grip 14: slidable upon the free end of the handle.

In operation, with the handle in withdrawn position the comb or stripper bar 4t will stand in the positionshown in Fig. 3

adjacent the supported centers ofthe rake teeth. By shoving the hand grip 14 forwardly upon the handle the member 6 will be turned upon its pivotal supports through the medium of thelink 1O shoving the stripper bar downwardly upon the rake teeth to clean the same The hand grip being re leased will cause the parts to be forcedback' into normal position through the medium of the coil spring 12. While I have shown the device arranged in connection with the rake teeth upon one side ofthehead I may duplicate the necessary parts to furnish a cleaning comb for the rake teeth upon both sides of the head. I have shown thehand grip 14 as a convenient means for actuating the comb, but I- do not restrict myself to the particular construction shown, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims. 7 v

I claim as my; invention:

1. In combination with a rake handle and supported teeth, a cleaning comb arranged in cooperation with said teeth, a supporting member for said comb fulcrumed upon the handle, a sleeve slidable upon the handle, a hinged member connecting said sleeve and supporting member,and a spring supported between said supporting member and sleeve.

2. In combination with a rake handle and supported teeth, a cleaning comb arranged in cooperation therewith, a sleeve secured upon thehandle, a supporting member for spring surrounding said handle between said fixed and slidable sleeves.

ii -testimony whereof I athx my sig iat-ure in presence oftwo witnesses.v

ALBERT w. BUE'L Witnesses .Mnnir. JARSHISHET,

P. T. JACKSON.

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